Early life stress decreases hippocampal BDNF content and exacerbates recognition memory deficits induced by repeated d-amphetamine exposure

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-106

  de Lima, Maria Noêmia Martins ^a,b   Presti Torres, Juliana ^a   Vedana, Gustavo ^a   Alcalde, Luisa Azambuja ^a   Stertz, Laura ^b   Fries, Gabriel Rodrigo ^b   Roesler, Rafael ^b,c,f   Andersen, Monica Levy ^d   Quevedo, João ^e,f   Kapczinski, Flávio ^b,f   Schröder, Nadja ^a,f  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^f National Institute for Translational Medicine INCT TM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; D Amphetamine; Maternal deprivation; Psychostimulant; Rat; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEXAMPHETAMINE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REARING; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959338006     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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